LCN’s Matt Broadbent stresses that we are all the product of our accumulated experiences, both legal and non-legal.

The legal profession is open to career changers and mature students and there are many skills you can bring across from previous experiences. To give yourself the best chance of success on this competitive career path, here are our tips. 

Sam Hope, graduate recruitment manager at Shoosmiths and member of the “Key advice for applicants” panel at NLL16, offers her top tips for online application forms.

What are legal apprenticeships and how do they work? In this video Josh runs through the main types of apprenticeship - the solicitor apprenticeship and the paralegal apprenticeship - and explains what you will learn and the skills and experience you can gain from each one. 

Introducing Cases That Made Me: a series showcasing the landmark cases that define careers at A&O Shearman.

Meet Maddie Cubbon, associate in the private equity team at Ropes & Gray. She speaks about her unusual journey to becoming a solicitor, her recent client secondment and what makes Ropes & Gray an inclusive firm.

Litigation partner Maxine Davies of Addleshaw Goddard LLP explains how you can use your existing non-legal work experience to demonstrate commercial awareness, but also why legal work experience remains important.

Keely Nelson, talent engagement adviser at BLM, discusses what you might expect to do during your time on a vacation scheme, top tips for how to secure a place, and ways to stand out during a scheme.

Introducing Cases That Made Me: a series showcasing the landmark cases that define careers at A&O Shearman.

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